My arch linux config with Hyprland

Preview

Hyprland + Waybar + Kitty

Rofi

Notification center

Hyprlock

Neovim

Installation

1. Install yay

pacman -Syu --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git ~/yay
cd ~/yay
makepkg -si
rm -rf ~/yay

3. Install all packages

yes | yay -S --answerclean All --answerdiff None \
  # Hyprland ecosystem
  hypridle hyprlock hyprpaper hyprpicker xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland \
  # UI & launchers
  rofi swaync thunar gvfs tumbler \
  # Fonts
  noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji otf-geist otf-geist-mono-nerd \
  # Terminal & CLI tools
  kitty fastfetch zsh lazygit lsd ripgrep unzip github-cli \
  # Media & notifications
  ffmpeg brightnessctl playerctl libnotify grim slurp cliphist wl-clipboard \
  # Theming
  matugen-bin

4. Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Remember to choose zsh as your default shell

Then, install zsh plugins

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

5. Optional: Install some stuffs

• UV (Python package manager)

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

• NVM (Node Version Manager)

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.0/install.sh | bash

6. Set up github

Open the browser and login to your github account, then run the following command to set up the SSH key for your github account.

gh auth login

7. Uninstall unnecessary packages (optional)

sudo pacman -Runs dunst htop nano vim wofi

Usage

1. To apply my config, you can run the following command:

   git clone git@github.com:tiesen243/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles

   Then, create the symbolic links to the config files

   rm ~/.zshrc
   rm -rf ~/.config/{Thunar,fastfetch,git,hypr,kitty,lazygit,lsd,matugen,nvim,rofi,swaync}
   
   ln -s ~/dotfiles/{Thunar,fastfetch,git,hypr,kitty,lazygit,lsd,matugen,nvim,rofi,swaync} ~/.config
   ln -s ~/dotfiles/zsh/themes/yuki.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes
   ln -s ~/dotfiles/zsh/config.zsh ~/.zshrc
   
   cp -r ~/dotfiles/matugen/templates/GTK-colors ~/.local/share/themes/Matugen

   Final, make all scripts in the dotfiles/scripts directory executable

   sudo chmod +x ~/dotfiles/scripts/*

2. Change Wallpaper in ~/dotfiles/hypr/hyprpaper.conf

   $path = /path/to/your/wallpaper

   Or change file in ~/dotfiles/assets/_background.png

3. Add your avatar to ~/dotfiles/assets/_avatar.png to show in the lock screen

4. Enable system76-power service

   systemctl enable --now com.system76.PowerDaemon.service

5. Generate colorschema

   matugen image /path/to/your/wallpaper
   # or
   matugen image ~/dotfiles/assets/_background.png

6. Restart your system and enjoy it!

Conclusion

This is my personal config for my arch linux system. You can use it as a reference or clone it to your system. If you have any question, feel free to ask me.

My blog: here

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details